British 1796 Light Cavalry "Blucher Sabre" w/Scabbard Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The flap of each pouch

The flap of each pouch is secured with a brass button

These are sold in "AS IS" condition

and stop nut

Bezruchko-Vysotsky from the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy

The barrel is marked ELG indicating Belgian manufacture and bear various inspector and proof marks

British 1796 Light Cavalry "Blucher Sabre" w/Scabbard Category_Fusee Spring & Cover The flap of each pouchNew Made Item: This saber was widely used by the British and their Prussian allies under General Blucher in the Battle of Waterloo. The blade was derived from the ferocious Indian Talwar and was reviled by the French who protested its use due to the horribly destructive wounds it inflicted. In fact, this saber was so successful as a cutting weapon that the German Cavalry continued to use it right up to the beginning of the 20th century! A combat